How to find a professional party magician

This guide will talk you through how to find a professional party magician perfect for your private event or Big Birthday celebrations.

When you’re organising a big party, there are a lot of things you’ll need to think about – guest list, venue, food and drink, decorations and, of course, entertainment. Many of the choices you’ll need to make for the different elements of your party will be fairly straightforward and are probably going to be budget-related. For example: the number of guests you can invite, type of venue you hire, type of food and drink served. 

Geography plays a part too, the venue will have to be in a convenient location for you and your guests. So this is another consideration dictating the number of options available. 

When it comes to entertainment, you’re less restricted in a geographical sense. It is possible to book your acts that are based further away. This gives you a greater choice of acts: making it more likely that you’ll be able to find entertainment that will be ideal for your particular event.  

Why choose a professional party magician as your entertainment?

Magicians are a popular choice for party entertainment for many different reasons. Parties tend to have broad guest lists, with people of all ages and personalities. Your task is to find one form of entertainment that everyone at the party will enjoy. No mean feat! 

Magic is something that appeals to people across the board, children and adults alike. It is also something that can be appreciated on many levels. On the face of it, magic appears to be impossible. So many people enjoy the fact that something extraordinary is happening in front of their very eyes. However, everyone knows logically that magic isn’t actually ‘magic’ – it is down to the skill of the magician to make it seem impossible. Which means that many people enjoy the fact that it’s so clever and the magician is so talented.

A party magician’s audience will also include people who understand that the act is all about sleight-of-hand and misdirection. And they’ll spend the entire time trying to catch the magician out and work out how the trick is done. Spoiler alert: if you hire a truly great magician, they never will! 

On top of the extraordinary talent of the magician comes the patter. it’s all part of the misdirection, but it’s a vital part of the act. Because the quick wit, humour and enthusiasm of the magician are integral to the audience’s enjoyment. Professional party magicians have the experience and ability to quickly assess their audiences and adapt accordingly. So, they will make it child friendly or adult friendly wherever necessary, making it a magic show that everyone will remember.

Professional party magicians

So, having made the choice to have magic as your entertainment, how do you find the right professional party magician? Now’s the time to do a bit of research. Probably the best way to start is to search online for ‘party magicians near me’ or party magicians in ‘your area’. For example, ‘party magician Hertfordshire’, ‘party magician London’ or ‘party magician Essex’. Then look through the individual websites to see what each magician offers and whether they would be a good fit for your party. 

One of the best ways of assessing whether an individual magician is right for your party is to look at their testimonials. They’ll give you a good feel for the kind of magician they are and how they relate to their clients. 

Another way to see if a magician might be right for your party is to see if they have any videos you can look at. Then check the FAQs which will hopefully answer a lot of the questions you may have. And finally get in touch to find out more about them, their fees and their availability.